Courageous First World War stories
By: Jim Eldridge
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9781407147345
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Juvenile fiction; English War stories; Children's stories, English
Work titles: Novels
Description: In Then trenches, Billy Stevens, a telegraph operator, finds himself part of the deadly Battle of Passchendaele. Standing alone tells the true story of Jack Cornwell, the sixteen-year-old hero of the last great naval battle of WW1. Flying ace takes us into the skies where Jack Fairfax of the Royal Flying Corps finds himself under attack. Riveting fictionalized accounts, packed with historical detail, give a new immediacy to the First World War that will enthral young readers.
Table of contents: title: Flying ace. Originally published: 2003; title: Standing alone. Originally published: 2011; title: The trenches. Originally published: 2002.